Animals

Amroha: People performing last rites of their relatives after their demise is part of our tradition and post-death rituals, but now a man in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha has performed last rites of his favourite pet – parrot. It has now…

You can now travel long distances with your furry friends, thanks to the state-run KSRTC. Those who have pets know that traveling with their furry friends can be troublesome, especially when it involves taking public transport. Keeping pets cooped up…

K-9s, felines . . . and now, peacocks. Airlines that have begun talking about tightening restrictions on a proliferating array of “emotional support” animals on commercial flights may have found their case bolstered this week after a picture of a peacock that was reportedly…

HYDERABAD: Three birds were found in a construction site in Vizag that attracted attention of the locals, who took videos and photos, thinking that the birds were aliens. However, the verdict from experts put them down as Nehru zoological park…

An award-winning photograph of a burning elephant calf and its mother fleeing a mob has brought attention to the inhuman treatment of jumbos in rural West Bengal. The photograph taken on State Highway 9 in Jhargram district of West…

Nyan htoo, an Asian brown bear, was suffering from a mysterious illness that had caused his tongue to swell dramatically. A bear has had 3kg of tissue removed from his tongue after an illness caused it to swell, becoming ‘monstrously…

When she moved to India, her life completely changed after her neighbour suggested she buy a cow. Friederike Irina Bruning is a 59-year-old German woman who came to India from Berlin in 1978 as a tourist. She arrived in Radha…

Harsukh Bhai Dobariya from Junagadh district of Gujarat was awarded with Srishti Samman award for bird conservation by President Pranab Mukherjee this year. Everyday, around 2,500 to 3,000 parrots, sparrows and other birds visit Harsukh Bhai’s house. Harsukh Bhai Dobariya…

The group of strangely coloured canines was first spotted on 11 August prompting locals to complain to the local pollution control board Authorities in Mumbai have shut down a manufacturing company after it was accused of dumping untreated industrial waste…